Although drive time is only 4-5min to multiple factories, hospitals and business parks.

This is a great follow up read to my thread found here for anyone looking to get into this business:  http://beta.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/583...One other factor I would want to add and include here is building a quality (not quantity) buyers list.

I would look at Property Tax history as a more important deciding factor.  I

The first factor is the number of bedrooms.

The risk factor is purchasing a foreclosure property that may have severe damage and take a lot of rehab dollars to make lendable.

Typically the deciding factor is whether or not there will be structural work (moving load bearing walls, etc.). 

It’s an Islamic form of banking.

Intel is a great example, who is building the largest chip manufacturing plant in the US right here, and it will be a $20 billion dollar investment that brings a few new thousand jobs.https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/01/21/intel-ohio-building-computer-chip-factories-licking-county-jersey-township/9173472002/ Another example of economic growth is the upcoming Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital which is a 1.9million square foot hospital that will bring over 800 new beds and a thousand new jobs. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/new-osu-hospital-expected-to-transform-health-careHere are a few more recent investments https://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0 https://news.wosu.org/news/2022-02-08/rumpke-to-build-50-million-recycling-facility-in-columbus Check out The Complete Guide to the Columbus, Ohio Real Estate Market which goes through the Columbus, Ohio market in depth and will give you a better scope of where the highest levels of growth are taking place and where to look to invest.

Unused factories and warehouses in industrial areas can also be re-vamped for housing.

Still new to the REI game but of course the main reason is to be financially stable and create wealth for my family and generations to come, but another major factor is to help my wife leave her rat race job.